2 Samuel 15:3

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Summary

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

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Bible References

Thy matters

and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?"

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

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David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

"Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.